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Do you post (about) your writing outside of writing sites? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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Posting what we write on websites dedicated to writing seems obvious, but do you post your fic on websites that are not dedicated to writing, like social medias? Or do you keep the full fic on its fic site but still post about it elsewhere?

I personally have trouble posting about my writing, it always feels like it's not the right place for that. Like all the people interested in reading fanfic are already checking fanfic sites and it would just be annoying to most users of other sites to see posts about it. And while I'm sure part of it is just personal history with social medias, I'm unsure how much of it has basis in reality, because it's true that I almost never see fanfic-related posts where I lurk.

What's your opinion on that?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I struggle with talking about my fics on other sites. I briefly maintained a blog to link to my AO3 posted fics...but I think there was a sense of "who I am doing this for again?" combined with distractability. XD

Sites like Tumblr really are fandom dependent. Certain fandoms have a home there and you can easily find content, but not ALL of them.

I gave up on Twitter while it was still cool! (That is to say, I just did not keep up with it and what it's become has not made returning appealing.)

I honestly feel weird talking about my own works outside of the sites on which they're posted. I become suddenly self-conscious and struggle to go into detail. But, I love hearing about what everyone else is working on and I beta read a lot of my husband's works.